Netherlands` approach to flooding might pull Charleston out of `negative spiral`
(WorldNews Netherlands)

+4 Charleston`s delegation to the Netherlands visit a pump station at the Noordwaard Poulder site, one of the Netherlands` recent Room for the River projects. There were 33 bridges and 13 pumping stations built for this single project. Jared Bramblett/Provided Apartment buildings and trees bobbing in the water off Charleston`s High Battery. A `blue roof` on City Hall able to store rainwater. Dry river beds that serve as a park with an amphitheater until a heavy rain falls. None of these things are in the works as Charleston grapples with its dual challenges of climate change and upgrading its flood infrastructure. But city officials now know such things are possible. That`s because they saw...